The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
εανP86 | If | Ἐὰν | If | εαν | | | si | Si | If | ܐܢ | If | Ἐὰν | If | |||||
ουνP86 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܘ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
προσφερηP86 | you shall offer | προσφέρῃς | you shall offer | προσφερης | | | offeres | offers | you shall offer | ܗܟܝܠ | you shall offer | προσφέρῃς | you shall offer | |||||
τοP86 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | ad | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
δωρονP86 | gift | δῶρόν | gift | δωρον | | | munus | munus | gift | ܕܡܩܪܒ | gift | δῶρόν | gift | |||||
σουP86 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of you | ܐܢܬ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
επιP86 | at | ἐπὶ | at | επει | | | aduersum | ad | at | ܩܘܪܒܢܟ | at | ἐπὶ | at | |||||
τοP86 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | te | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
θυσιαστηριονP86 | altar | θυσιαστήριον | altar | θυσιαστηριον | | | altare | altare | altar | ܥܠ | altar | θυσιαστήριον | altar | |||||
κακειP86 | and there | κἀκεῖ | and there | — | | | et | et | and there | — | — | καὶ | and there | |||||
μνησθησP86 | shall remember | μνησθῇς | shall remember | μνησθης | | | ibi | ibi | shall remember | ܡܕܒܚܐ | shall remember | ἐκεῖ | shall remember | |||||
οτιP86 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | rememoreris | recordatus | that | ܘܬܡܢ | that | μνησθῇς | that | |||||
οP86 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὅτι | the | |||||
αδελφοσP86 | brother | ἀδελφός | brother | αδελφος | | | — | fueris | brother | ܬܬܕܟܪ | brother | ὁ | brother | |||||
σουP86 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | quia | quia | of you | ܕܐܚܝܕ | of you | ἀδελφός | of you | |||||
εχειP86 | has | ἔχει | has | εχει | | | frater | frater | has | ܥܠܝܟ | has | σου | has | |||||
τιP86 | something | τι | something | τι | | | tuus | tuus | something | ܐܚܘܟ | something | ἔχει | something | |||||
καταP86 | against | κατὰ | against | κατα | | | habet | habet | against | ܐܟܬܐ | against | τι | against | |||||
σουP86 | you, | σοῦ, | you, | σου | | | aliquid | aliquid | you, | ܡܕܡ | you, | κατὰ | you, | |||||
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